Advertising novelty and toy



E. M. HA NSLEYQ ADVERTISING NOVELTY AND TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29,7182!- L]; 1511 m L Patented May 23, 1922.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mis y 23, 1922.

Application filed MarchfiS, 1921. serial No. 456,582.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD M. Hamper, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Novelties and Toys; and I do declare thefo-llow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This inventionrelates to a combined advertising novelty and toy. That is, while the device is particularly adapted to be put out at such a low cost that it may be given away by merchants, etc., to advertise their goods, at the same time, and regardless of any advertising features which it may possess, its construction and operation should afford amusement, especially to children.

The device is intended to be mounted in connection with a phonograph record and to be rotated thereby, the device having certain life-like figures thereon which. rotate at a slower speed than. the record, and which may besides, in such rotation, de-- scribe an are which will be eccentric to the axis of rotation of the record.

Such eccentricity maybe varied or nullilied, at will, so that different moving or rotating effects are had. To provide a device in which the above characteristics may be had, forms the principal object of my invention.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device, and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalviews.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device, showing the same mounted on a phonograph record.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section showing the support for the revolving figures of the device.

Fig, 3 is a top plan view, showing diametrically the arcs described by the moving parts when the latter are positioned to revolve eccentric to the phonograph disk.

Fig. 4L is a similar view, with the device positioned. to revolve concentric to the disk.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a base provided with a central orificewhereby it may be centered on the pin 2 of the record-table 3 and rest on the record 4% ofthe phonograph.

The base is provided with a hole 5 offset fromthe center thereof adapted to removably but snugly receive the tower end of a stem or shaft 6 providedwith an ofiset portion the upper portion 7 of said pin being offset from the lower portion a distance equal to thespacing of the hole 5 from the center of the base. The upper end of the stem 7 is adapted to easily seat in a metal socket member 8 fixed in a support 9 which is held and supported by a cross bar 10, which is preferably formed as part of a pair of figures 11, positioned one on each side of the stem 7 and ren'iovably fitted. onto a base 12 through which said stem freely passes, this base being positioned just above the connecting member 7 of the stem portions 6 and 7.

The figures liars preferably cut or stamped out of cardboard or thin wood, and are shaped and colored to represent living beings of some kind, whether human or animal being immaterial, these details be inglcft to the preference of the party purchasing the same to sell or give away to advertise his goods. In the accompanying drawing, a pair of bathing girls are de picted, one of each of their arms forming the cross bar 10. Fixed onto the stem under the member 9 fanciful member 13 preferably shaped to represent whatever goods are to be advertised. In this particular instance, a likeness of a phonograph record is depicted, but the likeness of a shoe,

a cake of soap, or any other representation may take its place if desired.

In operation, supposing the stem to be positioned as shown in Fig. 1, said. stem will revolve at the same speed as the record 4, as will also the display member 13, describing a circle eccentric to the axis of the record. The plane of movement of such eccentric rotation however is contained within an orbit as indicated at A in Fig. 3, the circumference of said orbit being concentric with the record.

The figures 11 also move in an orbit as indicated at B in Fig. 3, which is concentric with the orbit A, but larger. These figures however, owing to the loose bearing of the stem 7 in the member 9, rotate about said stem at a considerably slower speed than the stem and member 13, this speed of rotation being approximately one-half of that of the stem and record. Thus it will be seen that the device, when so mounted and moving with the record, will present to the eye a variety of rotative movement, which may be varied by turning the stem in its base to alter the distance between the upper portion and the plane of the axis of the base and record. If the portion 7 is turned to be directly in vertical alinement with the pin 2, the members 13 and 11 will revolve concentric with the record, as shown in Fig. 4, but the speed of the latter will be less than the speed of the former in all cases.

Since the stem may readily be removed from its base 1 support, and the upper hearing and the base 12 withdrawn from the figures 11, the entire device may be easily dismantled to consist of a number of flat members, which may be packed in a very small space.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useliul and desire to no care by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A. device of the character described coi'nprising a base adapted to be mounted on a phonograph record for rotation therc with, an upright stem mounted on the base, the upper portion of said stem being oll'-set from the lower portion but substantially parallel thereto, and fanciful. members supported by and turnably mounted on the oil'- set portion of the stem.

2. A device of the character described. comprising a base adapted to be mounted on a phonograph record for concentric rotation therewith, an upright stem mounted on said base at a point offset from the central axis thereof, the upper portion of said stem being offset from the lower portion a distance equal to the spacing of the connection of the stem with the base from the axis thereof, and fanciful members supported, by the up per end of the stem, the stem being adjust ably mounted on the base whereby the vertical alinement of the upper offset portion relative to the axis of the base may be altered.

3. A device of the character described comprising a base adapted to be mounted on a phonograph record for concentric rotation therewith, an upright stem mounted on said base, at a point offset from the central axis thereof, the upper portion of said stem being offset from the lower portion a distance equal to the spacing of the conneetion of the stem with the base from the axis thereof, and fanciful members supported by the upper end of the stem, and projecting downwardly a certain distance on each side thereof and spaced therefrom, and another fanciful member fixed on the stem between said first named members.

In testimony whereof I allix my gnature.

EDWARD M. HANSLE Y. 

